(grand music) - Welcome to season five of "High School Quiz Show Maine."

We're back and have 16 schools competing to be this year's champion and take home that thousand dollar prize.

In our second qualifying match, it's the Dragons of Brunswick High School.

(triumphant music) They'll be taking on the Shipbuilders of Morse High School in Bath.

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(upbeat music) - Welcome to season five of "High School Quiz Show Maine."

I'm Todd Gutner.

In case you missed our season opener last week, I just wanna recap how things are a bit different this year.

We have no audience.

We will not play the head to head round and we are taking a lot of precautions behind the scenes.

But what hasn't changed is that we have 16 schools from around the state and they're competing for that thousand dollar grand prize for their school's Project Graduation.

Also this year, you will, at home, have the chance to win $500 for the school of your choice with our Quiz Show Conundrum Contest.

That'll be coming up a little later in the show.

In our second match of the season, we have Brunswick High School from Brunswick, taking on Morse High School from Bath.

Let's get things started by meeting the players.

For Brunswick, we have Maia, Nate, Merrick and Ben, with alternates Wes and Leo and they're coached by Anna Roy Wiley.

And for Morse, we have Lochlan, Finn, Aidan and Jonah, alternates Jay and Declan.

and they're coached by Craig Tinker.

Now the competition has three rounds, a toss-up round, a category round and a lightening round.

We'll start with the toss-up round.

Now all answers are worth 10 points and this is the only round with no point deductions for wrong answers.

Players must wait for me to complete the question and if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given a chance to answer.

All right, guys, how about we shake it all out, get those nerves out.

Yeah, shake it out.

There we go.

Are we ready to play here?

All right, let's do this.

Here's the first question.

During photosynthesis, plants take in what gas in order to produce nutrients and oxygen?

(bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- Carbon dioxide.

- That is correct.

In 1828, Noah Webster published what kind of reference book dedicated to words and their definitions?

(bell rings) Merrick, Brunswick.

- The dictionary.

- Correct.

Next question, what bird is a national symbol of Mexico, Egypt and the United States?

(bell rings) Aidan.

- Eagle.

- Eagle is correct.

Next question, what TV game show has been hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White since the 1980s?

(bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- "Wheel of Fortune."

- Correct.

Now up next, we have a picture question, so you're gonna watch this monitor right over here.

Here's the question.

There are only two countries in the world with a national flag in the shape of a square.

One is Vatican City and this historically neutral country known for its rugged mountains and gourmet chocolate.

Name the country.

(bell rings) Aidan, Morse.

- Sweden, Switzerland, Switzerland.

- [Todd] I think we have to go with the first, so that is incorrect.

Brunswick, you have a chance.

(bell rings) - [Todd] This would be Nate.

- Switzerland.

- Switzerland is correct.

Next question, what famous suspension bridges crosses the strait between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific and connects the city of San Francisco to Marin County?

(bell rings) Merrick, Brunswick.

- The Golden Gate Bridge.

- Correct.

The failure of what crop was the main cause of widespread famine in Ireland in the late 1840s.

(bell rings) Lochlan, Morse.

- Potato.

- Correct.

Mercury, Venus and Earth have how many moons in total.

(bell rings) Jonah.

- Would that be one?

- That is correct, one.

The name of what large mammal comes from Greek words that mean river and horse?

(bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- The rhinoceros.

- [Todd] Incorrect.

(bell rings) (alarm buzzes) I think we got in there.

Maya, Brunswick.

- The hippopotamus?

- That is correct, hippopotamus.

All right, up next we got a video question, so again watch the monitor over here and take a look.

- Hi, I'm Aaron Engebreth, Director of Classical Music here at Maine Public.

Name the prolific composer who created over 1,100 musical works, had 20 children, many of whom became musicians themselves.

(bell rings) - [Todd] Finn, Morse.

- Mozart?

- [Todd] Incorrect, Brunswick, Nate, go for it.

- Bach?

- Can we take that?

Yes, that is correct.

Johann Sebastian Bach.

All right, legend says that Cleopatra died from the bite of what animal?

(bell rings) Nate.

- Snake.

- That is correct.

What's the seven-letter name for the kind of tropical grassland biome that covers nearly half of Africa?

(bell rings) Aidan, Morse.

- Savannah.

- Savannah, yes.

On a basic color wheel, red, yellow and blue are the primary colors.

What are are the secondary colors?

(bell rings) Jonah.

- Orange, green and purple?

- Correct.

How would you play an ocarina?

A, blow into it, B, pluck its strings or C, strike it with a hammer.

(bell rings) Fine and Morse.

- Blow into it.

- Correct.

All right, this is a math question, guys.

100 kids ate lunch, 23% ate a sandwich.

16% had soup, 7% had mack and cheese.

What percentage ate something other than soup, sandwich or mac and cheese?

(bell rings) Ben, Brunswick.

- 54%?

- Yes.

Bram Castle, which might have inspired "Bram Stoker's Dracula" is a tourist attraction in what historic region of central Romania?

(bell rings) Nate, Brunswick.

- Transylvania.

- That is correct.

Winning a battle, but suffering a huge loss of strength and resources is what type of victory?

(bell rings) Ben?

- Pyrrhic victory.

- That is correct.

The 16th Amendment to the Constitution gave Congress the right to impose what sort of tax?

(bell rings) Nate, Brunswick.

- An income tax.

- That is correct, too.

What term refers to the time it takes for a radioactive substance to decay by 50%?

(bell rings) Maia, Brunswick.

- It's half life?

- That is correct.

Marzipan and Mandelbrot are made with what nuts that California grows a lot of?

(bell rings) Jonah, Morse.

- Would that be almonds?

- That is correct, almonds.

Which of these is a bone in your shoulder?

A, scapula, B, sternum or C, femur.

(bell rings) Jonah again.

- The scapula?

- That is correct again.

In the "Star Trek" universe, Spock's mother was human and his father came from which fictional planet?

(bell rings) Jonah.

- Would it be Klingon?

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Brunswick.

(bell rings) (alarm buzzes) - We got it in there, Merrick.

- Vulcan.

- Yes, good job.

In chemistry, a covalent bond exists when two atoms share a pair of what subatomic particles.

(bell rings) Maia, Brunswick.

- Electrons?

- Correct.

The seven wonders of the ancient world included the colossus of what Greek island.

(bell rings) Ben, Brunswick.

- Rhodes.

- Rhodes is correct, too.

Math question again.

In the question, excuse me, in the equation, 2x square minus x equals 45.

What is the positive value of x?

(bell rings) Aidan, Morse.

- Eight.

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Brunswick.

(bell rings) Maia.

Nine halves.

- Incorrect.

The answer is five.

Five.

What hyphenated common term is associated with the Reagan era idea that increasing the wealth of rich people will gradually benefit poor people?

(bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- Trickle down.

- That is correct.

Trickle down economics.

Gabriel Mistral and Pablo Neruda are Nobel prize-winning poets from what South American Country?

(bell rings) Nate, Brunswick?

- Chile.

- Correct.

Plantar fasciitis and plantar warts affect what part of the body?

(bell rings) Merrick, Brunswick.

- The foot.

- The foot is correct.

The United States hosted the Olympics for the first time in 1904 in which Midwestern city?

(bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- St. Louis.

- Correct.

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was the last person in Iran to hold what title that means king in Persian?

(bell rings) Nate, Brunswick.

- Shah.

- That is correct, shah.

The river Mersey flows through which English port city where the Beatles grew up?

(bell rings) Ben, Brunswick.

- Liverpool.

- Correct.

From the Italian for little book, what name to we give to the written text of an opera?

(bell rings) Merrick.

- Operetta.

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Morse, you got a chance here.

(bell rings) Finn, go for it.

- Novella?

- Also incorrect.

Libretto, libretto.

The story of Billy Coleman and his hounds, Old Dan and Little Ann is told in what 1961 novel by Wilson Rawls?

(bell rings) Ben, Brunswick.

- "Where the Red Fern Grows."

- Correct.

(bell rings) Aw, that's the end of round one.

That's the end of round one.

We have a score, this is a good battle.

Brunswick 190, Morse 120.

It's a great start to season five folks.

We'll meet the teams when we come back.

(upbeat music) Welcome back.

As I mentioned earlier, we're not doing the head to head round this season, but we'll still meet our players by asking them the traditional slightly silly question, which is do you collect anything and, if not, what kind of collection would interest you?

We're gonna start over here with Brunswick and Maia.

What do you think?

- So I don't really collect anything personally, but I really like looking at collections of old books and maps.

- Wow, okay, that's pretty interesting.

I love maps, too.

I'm into maps.

Nate, what do you got?

- I collect weirdly-shaped erasers.

- Seriously?

- Yeah.

- What's the strangest one?

- I have this one of sushi that I think is pretty cool.

- Sushi?

Okay.

Merrick?

- I don't collect anything either, but if I did, I would collect soccer jerseys.

- [Todd] Soccer jerseys.

Who's your favorite team?

- Wolves.

- The Wolves?

- Yeah.

- All right, good, good.

Ben, go for it.

- I collect a lot of baseball cards.

- Do you?

Do you have one that's valuable?

What's your most valuable card?

- I don't know which one's the most valuable, but I do have one signed by Slugger the Sea Dog, which I think is pretty cool.

- That's awesome, the local favorite, right?

- [Ben] Yeah.

- Lochlan over at Morse, what do you have for us?

- I collect Magic the Gathering cards.

- Oh, wow, that's pretty cool.

I don't know anything about that, but I'm interested now.

Finn, what do you have?

- I think I inadvertently collect used coffee mugs.

- [Todd] Used coffee mugs?

- Yeah, I just forget to bring them down to the dishwasher.

- [Todd] So you're a big coffee drinker?

- Yes, for sure.

- Do you take anything in your coffee?

- Usually black.

- Black, tough guy, all right.

Aidan, what do you have?

- Shannon Moss bobbleheads that I make.

- She is one of my favorite people in this world.

So when you find one of those, when you find one of those, pass one along.

- [Aidan] Will do.

- Jonah.

- Currently, I do not have a collection, but my dream collection would be Todd Gutner autographs on one thing of every color and I'd like to start today if that's okay.

- Well, we might be able to make that work for you there, buddy.

- [Jonah] Brilliant.

- All right.

All right, the category round is next but, first, here's your chance at home to win $500 for the school of your choice with out Quiz Show Conundrum of the week.

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And this is your quiz show Conundrum.

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Your clue is have a frosty donut near the big top.

that's BURN WICKS, have a frosty donut near the big top.

Unscramble the word or phrase to reveal a Maine location.

Send your answer along with your name and our Maine pre-K through secondary school of your choice to quizshow@ mainepublic dot org.

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Welcome back to "High School Quiz Show Maine."

Next up, the category round with the following choices.

Treaty Me Right, Geography "4" the Win, America's Pastime, Jungle Books, Florida Man and Woman and "A" Science Category.

Each category has five questions with increasing point values.

Now players, you must wait for me to finish the question before you buzz in.

You can confer with your teammates, but once you buzz in, you're no longer allowed to confer and we'll need your answer.

And like in the toss up round, if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given the chance to answer.

All right, now we are looking at Morse is trailing 120 to 190, so you have control of the board first.

Where would you like to go?

- [Jonah] Let's go with Geography "4" the Win for 10.

- Geography "4" the Win for 10.

All of the answers contain four letters.

Lima is the four-letter capital of which four-letter country?

(bell rings) Jonah.

- Peru.

- [Todd] Peru is correct.

You still have control of the board.

What would you like?

- [Jonah] Let's go with America's Pastime.

- America's pastime, questions about baseball.

In baseball, how many strikes make an out?

(bell rings) Jonah again.

- Three.

- Three is correct.

Where would you like to go?

- [Jonah] Let's stick with that category, please.

- [Todd] Okay, so we're gonna do America's Pastime for 15.

Derek Jeter, Nomar Garciaparra and Troy Tulowitzki are known for playing what position?

(bell rings) Nate, Brunswick.

- Shortstop?

- Correct, shortstop.

All right, you have control Brunswick.

- [Nate] We'll go back to Geography "4" the Win for 15.

- Okay, Geography for the Win.

Cuyahouga National Park is located in which US state?

(bell rings) Jonah, Morse.

- Utah?

- Incorrect.

Brunswick?

(alarm buzzes) No?

The answer is Ohio, but you still have control of the board Brunswick.

- [Nate] We'll go back to Geography "4" the Win for 20.

- Geography "4" the Win for 20.

Museums devoted to explorers Thor Heyerdahl and Roald Amundsen can be found in which Scandinavian capital?

(bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- Nuke.

- [Todd] Incorrect.

(bell rings) Ben, Brunswick.

- Oslo?

- [Todd] Oslo is correct.

Where would you like to go, Ben?

- [Ben] America's Pastime for 20, please.

- America's Pastime for 20.

The Portland Sea Dogs are a double A Minor League affiliate of which Major League baseball team?

(bell rings) Jonah, Morse.

- The Boston Red Sox.

- Yes, it's a good thing you got that one.

Let's move on, Morse, you have control.

- [Jonah] Let's stick with America's Pastime for 25.

- Okay, America's Pastime for 25.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame is located in which New York State town?

(bell rings) Ben, Brunswick.

- Cooperstown.

- [Todd] Cooperstown is correct.

What do you think Ben?

Where do you wanna go?

- [Ben] Let's just stick with America's Pastime for 30, please.

- All right, we'll finish it out.

America's Pastime for 30.

What Major League baseball franchise was based in Brooklyn until 1957?

(bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- The Dodgers.

- [Todd] The Dodgers is correct.

Where would you like to go?

- [Finn] Geography "4" the Win for 25, please.

- Geography "4" the Win for 25.

Dededo is the most popular city on which Pacific island that sends a non-voting delegate to the US House of Representatives.

(bell rings) Finn.

Guam.

- [Todd] Guam, correct.

- [Finn] I'll go to "A" Science Category for 10.

- "A" Science Category for 10.

All the answers begin with the letter A.

Talking about electricity, when DC stands for direct current, AC stands for what kind of current?

(bell rings) Aidan, Morse.

- Alternating.

- [Todd] Alternating current, excellent.

Where would you like to go, Finn?

- Geography for 30.

- Geography for 30.

Which river that connects Lake Ladoga to the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea is the main river in St. Petersburg, Russia?

(bell rings) Nate, Brunswick.

- The Volga.

- Incorrect, Morse?

(alarm buzzes) Answer is the Neva, the Neva.

Morse you still have control.

- [Finn] "A" Science Category for 15.

- "A" Science Category for 15.

Equivalent to negative 273.15 degrees Celsius, the lowest possible temperature which can exist is commonly known by what two-word name.

(bell rings) Lochlan, Morse.

- Absolute zero.

- [Todd] Correct.

Where would you like to go?

- [Lochlan] Stick with for "A" Science Category, 20.

- "A" Science Category for 20.

What property of a sound wave determines its loudness or volume?

(bell rings) Jonah, Morse.

- That would be the amplitude.

- [Todd] That is the correct answer.

Where would you like to do here?

- [Jonah] Let's stick with the Science Category.

- Okay, Science Category for 25.

What is the common scientific name for the clear watery fluid that fills the eye between the cornea and the lens?

(alarm buzzes) Answer, aqueous humor, aqueous humor.

Morse with control still.

- [Jonah] Let's finish off the Science Category for 30.

- "A" Science Category for 30.

What is the name for the white part of an egg?

(alarm buzzes) Stumped again, albumin, albumin.

Morse, with control still.

- [Jonah] Let's go for Florida Man and Woman for 10.

- Florida Man and Woman for 10.

This is gonna be about people with Florida connections.

Florida-born Josh Gad provided the voice of what animated snowman in the movie, "Frozen?"

(bell rings) Jonah.

- Olaf.

- [Todd] Olaf is correct.

Morse.

- [Jonah] Let's stick with the Florida Man and Woman for 15.

- Florida Man and Woman for 15. Who played football at the University of Miami before he played Luke Hobbs in the "Fast and Furious" film franchise?

(bell rings) Ben, Brunswick.

- Dwayne Johnson?

- [Todd] Correct, also known as the Rock.

Where would you like to go, Brunswick?

- [Ben] Let's go to Jungle Books for 10.

- Jungle Books for 10.

These are questions about books with animal characters.

What title character in an Eric Carle book ate an apple on Monday, two pears on Tuesday, three plums on Wednesday and had a stomachache on Saturday?

(bell rings) Maia.

- A caterpillar?

- [Todd] Yes, that is correct, caterpillar.

Brunswick with control.

What would you like?

- [Maia] We'll stick with Jungle Books.

- Jungle Books for 15.

The main antagonist in George Orwell's "Animal Farm" is what pig named for an 18th century French ruler?

(bell rings) Nate, Brunswick.

- Napoleon.

- [Todd] Napoleon is correct.

What's up next?

- [Nate] Treaty Me Right for 10.

- Treaty Me Right for 10.

These are questions about important treaties in history.

In the acronym NATO, the TO stands for Treaty Organization.

What does the NA stand for?

(bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- North Atlantic.

- [Todd] North Atlantic, correct.

Morse with control.

- [Finn] Let's go to Florida Man and Woman for 20.

- Florida Man and Woman for 20.

What author set her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" in Florida where she lived for much of her life?

(bell rings) Finn again.

- Neale Hurston.

- [Todd] Neale Hurston is correct, nice job.

Where would you like to do?

- [Finn] Florida Man and Woman for 25.

- Florida Man and Woman for 25.

The rapper T-Pain took his name from his struggles growing up in what city that is Florida's capital.

(bell rings) Finn.

- Tallahassee.

- [Todd] Tallahassee.

You still have control.

(bell rings) And that is the end of the category round and round two and we currently have a score, Brunswick 260, oh, this is a battle, Morse 290.

We've got the lightning round next and it's probably gonna be wild, so sit tight.

We'll be right back.

(upbeat music) We're back and we're heading into the final 90 seconds of game play.

It's the lightning round.

Now players listen carefully to the rules here.

You can buzz in at any time.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

Incorrect answers will cost you 20 points and the other team will not get the chance to answer.

The clock is set and we are about to go.

Frankfurt is the capital of which state?

(bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- Kentucky.

- [Todd] Kentucky, correct.

Which US president never lived in the White House?

(bell rings) Nate, Brunswick.

- George Washington.

- [Todd] Correct.

The story of Adam and Eve is found in which Old Testament- (bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- Genesis.

- [Todd] Genesis.

Which is longer, a millimeter or a nanometer?

(bell rings) Merrick.

- A millimeter.

- Millimeter, yes.

Which George Bizet opera features "Toreador Song?"

(alarm buzzes) "Carmen" is the answer.

Gala, McIntosh and Granny Smith.

(bell rings) Ben from Brunswick.

- Apples?

- [Todd] Apple, correct.

What Egyptian canal connects the Mediterranean- (bell rings) Ben, Brunswick.

- The Suez Canal.

- [Todd] Suez Canal, yes.

What Greek goddess of wisdom was born from- (bell rings) Finn, Morse.

- Athena.

- [Todd] Athena, yes.

- One cause of World War I was the 1914 murder of what- (bell rings) Jonah.

- Franz Ferdinand?

- [Todd] That is correct.

What number is the base for the hexadecimal number system?

(bell rings) Nate, Brunswick.

- Six?

- Incorrect.

16 is the correct answer.

What nickname for US Army Special Forces refers to- (bell rings) I think I heard the bell.

We're out of time and the winning team this week is Morse with 370 points and they'll be moving on to the quarter finals in a few weeks.

This was a great match.

Brunswick finished with 320 points, so, so close.

We thank both teams and we thank you at home for watching.

Be sure to tune in next time as Wells takes on Waterville in our third qualifying match.

Thanks for watching again.

This is "High School Quiz Show Maine" and we'll see you again next time.

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